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APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING GUNv CARRIAGES TO THEIR LIMBERS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14,1918.

'1 ,309 ,9 1 4; Patented July 15, 1919.

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THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPN can, WASHINGTON, n. c.

v E. SCHNEIDER. APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING GUN CARRIAGES TO THEIR LIMBERS. APPLICATION FILED FEB- 14, I918.

1,309,914. I Patented J111y15,1919.

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THE CbLuMBIA PLANOORAPH c0., WASHING TON, D. c.

E. SCHNEIDER.

APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING GUN CARRIAGES TO THEIR LIMBERS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14, 1918.

1,309,914. v Patented Ju1y15,1919.

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"5 vided by the limber (which remains unal tered in construction) on which is mounted v a racer ortrack fixed rigidly thereto. The real .trail or false trail carries merely an elastic device provided at a suitable point -near its end and adapted to rest on said rac'er, which device retains a constant elasticity irrespective of the point of the racer "on which it"bears,"at any time, in the move; ments of the trail on the coupling pivot pin". v The improved apparatus further assures an i elasticity of the coupling in all positions by 1 fi e -EN onnicn.

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APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING GUN-CARRIAGES THEIR L IMBERS.

To all whom it ma concern:

Be itknown that I, EUGENE SCHNEIDER,

a citizen of the French Republic, resident v of Le Creuzot, France, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Gonnecting Gun-Carriages to Their Limhers, which is fully set forth in the following specification.

, For the purpose of assuring elasticity in the support and coupling of the trails or false trails of gun carriages to limbers for transportinggun carriages or parts of gun carriages, t has already been proposed to mount ;pivotally, on the limber or on the trail,ljan"abutment which is movable on a they do not: assure as regards vertical moveinents a constant elasticity in all the relative positions ofthe trail and limber.

" L i The "present'invention, has for its object tojf 'provide an improved construction for l remedying these drawbacks. 1

: 5 According to the preferredembodiment ofthisinvention the elastic support of the trail orflm-ovableperch or false trail is-proproviding, instead of the usual fixed eye by i i means of which the trail engages with the pivot pin of the limber, an eye capable of moving in the direction of the axis of the Two examples of embodiments of the invention are illustrated on the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal side elevationv 1 of a movable perch or false trail for couf ,pling a gun to a limber of the usual 001k Specification of LettersiPatent.

Application filed February 14,1918. Serial No. 217,185.

struction, provided with the improved apparatus for giving to the combined gun and movable perch an elastic support upon and elastic coupling to the said limber.

Fig. 2 is a plan thereof.

Fig. 3 is a partial vertical section, drawn toalarger scale, of the movable perch.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation partly in vertical section of a gun carriage trail coupled to a limber by means of a modified form of the improved construction. In the several figures,- A is the axle and B, B, are the wheels of a limber of the usual construction, provided with a fixed racer or track C. i

According to this invention the movable perch or false trail D carries an elastic device that serves to support the said perch or trail elastically upon the fixed racer C. This elastic device may, as shown in detail in Figs. 3 and 24, comprise a fixed sleeve E engaged at the desired depth in the tail of the trail or perch or in the vicinity of the free end of the perch or trail This sleeve is suitably retained upon the latter part as by means of a cap E fixed thereon and serving as a bearing forone end of a spring F, the other end of whichbears upon the movable member G of the said elastic device which constitutes the support proper. This movable member G may take the form of a headed sleeve suspended from a rod 9, the free end of, which is carried, by means of a nut g and Belleville washers 9 by the fixed hearing E for the spring. v The coupling is effected in the usual manner by means of an eyeH onthe real trail or false trail slipped over the pivotpin I on the limber." But, according to the present invention, the said eye, instead of being fixed in the real trail or false trail, is movable along the longitudinal axis of the latter in a buttonhole-shaped slot d. Elastic supports or bearings are provided between the movable eye H and two fixed abutments D D of the trail. The said supports or bearings may each consist of a coiled spring J through which extends a guide rod K which is fixed to the eye H, and is capable of sliding in the corresponding abutments D D It will be understood that this construction is very simple since it dispenses with the use of levers or rocking beams and all supports pivoted to the trail or to the limber,

while-it has the additional advantage of as suring, both as regards the support and as regards the coupling, a constant degree of elasticity irrespective-of the inclination or obliquity which the axis of the trail may assume relatively to the axis of the limber.

'VVhat I claim is 1-. In combination with a trail, a limber and a coupling between the forward end of the trail and said limber, an elastic supporting member on said trail adapted to rest upon the limber for taking theweight of the trail.

, 2. In combination withatrail, alimber and a coupling between the forward end of the trail and said limber, an elastic supporting member on said trail adapted to rest upon the limber for taking the weight ofthe trail,

said elastic supporting member comprising a movable element for engaging the limber, and a spring between said element and the trail. a

3. In combinationwith a trail, a 'limber and a coupling between the forward end of the trail and said limber, an elastic supporting member on said trail adapted to rest upon said limber. for taking the weight of I -5. In combination with a trail and a limber, an elastic supporting member on said trail adapted to rest upon theylimber for taking the weight of thetrail, a pin and eye coupling between the trail and limber, and spring abutments between which said, eye is movable.

6. In combination with a trail and a limber, an'elastio supporting member on said trail adapted to rest. upon the limber for taking the weight of the trail, a pin on the limber, an eye on the trail, said eye being movable in a slot in the trail, and two Copies of this patent niay be obtained fol-"five cents each by addressing-inc C ommisisioner o1!iatents,

springabutments between th feye and the trail for taking the reaction of the trail.

7. In combination with a trail and alimber, a pi'n' and "eyecoupling between said trail and 'limber, spring abutments be tween which said eye is movable, and an elastic supporting member on the trail adapted to rest upon said limber for taking the weight of the trail, said member moving with said trail relatively to said limber. I I

8. In comb-inationwith' a trail an d-t a" her, an elastic supportingmember=mounted' on said trail andfadaptedto'rest 'uponthe' limber for taking theweightof. the trail,; a 1 pin on the limber, a movable eye on the trail, v and one ormore spring abutments between said eye and the trail for taking thegreaction of the trail. '9. In combination witha the trail and said limber, an elastic supporting member on one of the firsttwo elements and bearing on the other of said elementsfor taking the weight of the trail, said member being bodily spaced from saidcoupling;

anda coupling therebetween, a track onjthe limber, and an elastic sup" ortin member on the trail resting on and slida le on said track for taking the weight of the trail.

11. In combination with ca trail-and ,a limber, a coupling] between said trail and 10. In combination with a trail, a .limber c. trai'1',"a31{aar and a coupling between theforward endof 7 0' limberfcompri'sing a pin on one Ofsaidele mentsand an eye on the other of said ele-' ments, said 'coup'ling'being bodily movable with respect to one "of saidelementsfand spring abutments between said couplingand thelast-named element for taking the reac tion of the trail e In testimony whereof I haveisignedthis specification in the presence of two subscrib- 1ng witnesses. 1

Witnesses I v: I I I CHAS. P. P'nnssnr, ANDIE MOSTICKER.

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